Crescent and Iron Cross

A historical and political study examines the Ottoman Empire's past and wartime conduct, arguing Ottoman rule operated as a destructive system and detailing its interaction with German influence during World War I. It surveys origins, contrasts older and newer Turkish ideologies, and assesses atrocities against Armenians alongside the political issues of Syria and Palestine. Chapters reconstruct diplomatic and military entanglements, speculate on postwar settlements for subject peoples, and analyze German–Turkish collaboration and imperial decline. The author draws on official documents, contemporary testimony, maps, and reportage to present interpretations and conjectures about the collapse of Ottoman authority and consequences for affected populations.